Haha yea - might be getting to be a long winter eh? Well here is another toss from left field for you boys that might explain the golden ratio, golden rectangle, Fibonacci sequence, and mythical 216 digit number..
The golden ratio is a simple mathematical relationship that is found naturally. This is why I think hunters might be interested in why a ram horns looks so cool.. Or if you like the big bang the golden spiral was created or created the big bang and has produced infinite number of golden spirals since...
The ratio is a number approximately equal to 1.6180339887498948482…… The Greek letter Phi refers to this ratio. Like Pi, the digits of the golden ratio go on forever without repeating.. It is also seen in humans roughly the first most two outer bones of your finger will be a golden rectangle proportion of your first finger bone. Your first finger bone is a golden rectangle with your hand bone and so on…
A golden rectangle is a rectangle in which the ratio of the length to the width is the Golden Ratio. In other words, if one side of a Golden Rectangle is 2 ft. long, the other side will be approximately equal to 2 * (1.62) = 3.24. This is the same ratio of Mona Lisa’s body in relation to her head…
If you have a golden rectangle and you cut a square off it so that what remains is a rectangle, that remaining rectangle will also be a “golden rectangle”. You can keep cutting these squares off and getting smaller and smaller golden rectangles to infinity. The goden rectangle is related to the Fibonacci sequence as they are similar and again found everywhere in nature.
Fibonacci Sequence is (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...) each term is the sum of the two previous terms (for instance, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, ...). As you go farther and farther in this sequence, the ratio of a term to the one before it will get closer and closer to the Golden Ratio.
With the Fibonacci Sequence you do the opposite the Golden Rectangle. Start with a square and add a square of the same size to form a new rectangle. Continue adding squares whose sides are the length of the longer side of the rectangle; the longer side will always be a successive Fibonacci number. Eventually the large rectangle formed will be very close to a Golden Rectangle.
Also if you sum the squares of any series of Fibonacci numbers they will equal the last Fibonacci number used in the series times the next Fibonacci number. This property results in the Fibonacci spiral. As any Fibonacci spiral gets larger it gets closer and closer to the golden ratio.
Connecting a curve through concentric golden rectangles generates the mythical golden spiral.. This shape as it is everywhere in nature – the classic example is the nautilus shell, rams horns, tornados, dna, milky way, sunflowers, the universe, the face of sunflowers, the petals on flowers, the big bang, and the list goes on.
The 216 digit number is it even real or not?? It is speculated that within the 216 digit number the Fibonacci sequence is embedded... It is also speculated that within phi or pi that the 216 digit number resides and might even repeat in both.... To me it becomes clear that 216 is a direct reference to the Fibonaci numbers or a pattern of numbers that is somewhat easily remembered, a pattern, a sequence that reveals a “golden concept” that is found thought nature. Patterns based on asymmetry and spirals/logarithmic growth have a direct bearing on the evolution of our asymmetric dna, or resembling a double helix….
So is it a good campfire story or too much spare time during a snow period here in Co? Who knows but it all is interesting as I watch the snow fall and hope the winter does not turn too bad for the animals…
Oh yea and not many "office space" fans out there.
Wow! See what happens to a fun and harmless thread when posting your 666th comment!!
